Collecting
Resources that cover the discussions on collecting including practical considerations and examples of collectors.
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| Resource | Summary | Link | Type | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 NFT Year in Review, by 1 Confirmation | Report on the NFT market in 2021 | Paper | NewsNFTsCollecting | |
88% of Surveyed High-Net-Worth Art Collectors Interested in Buying NFTs by Frederik Void, Crypto News (March 2022) | Article discussing the latest Art Basel (2022) report on the NFT market. | Article | NFTsCollectingNews | |
89 Seconds Atomized | Eve Sussman in collaboration with Snark.Art fractionlized her piece 89 Seconds to Alcazár into a series of NFTs where owner claim a portion of the work | NFT | NFTsCollecting | |
A Conversation Between Kenny Schachter and Daniel Heiss | A conversation between Kenny Schacter (Artist, Curator & Writer) and Daniel Heiss, curator at the Centre of Art and Media (ZKM) Museum in Karlsruhe. | Video | NFTsCollecting | |
ARTBnk | ARTBnk values art using AI to provide a benchmark to help determine an independent and ‘unbiased’ estimate. | Example | Value | |
Artnet Intelligence Report | Artnet’s analysis of the NFT market in 2021. | Paper | NFTsNewsCollecting | |
Atomic Form | a frame that allows you to display NFTs that are verified as yours. Use code LALART for 10% off your Atomic Frame purchase | Provider | CollectingCuration | |
Building Shared Guardianship through Blockchain Technology and Digital Museum Objects by Frances Liddell, Museum & Society (July 2021) | This article considers the notion of shared guardianship in the context of digital museum objects and blockchain technology, arguing that this technology can contribute to the production of value in digital museum objects that goes beyond the monetary | Paper | NFTsValueBackground | |
Canvia | Display frames for digital art and NFTs | Provider | CollectingCuration | |
Curation Under Constraint, by Kevin Buist, Outland (February 2022) | Article discussing the role of curation in the NFT space, which includes example digital NFT exhibitions | Article | CollectingExhibitionNFTsNews | |
From Cryptopunk to Crypto Patron by Ricko Leung, Larry’s List (2022) | Article on Elsie and the Edicurial Collection | Article | CollectingNFTs | |
Here&Now | An immersive gallery to enjoy and collect NFTs | Platform | Collecting | |
How Museums Are Trying to Figure Out What NFT Art is Worth by Kevin Dugan, NY Intelligencer (January 2022) | Discusses the implications of speculative markets on valuing and buying NFTs for museums | Article | ValueNFTsNewsGetting Started | |
Huge Mess of Theft and Fraud: Artists Sound Alarm as NFT Crime Proliferates by Lois Beckett, The Guardian (January 2022) | Article on the issues of copyminting in the NFT Space | Article | CriticismNFTsArtworkCollectingNews | |
Infinite Objects | Frames for NFTs | Provider | CollectingCuration | |
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami Acquires CryptoPunks NFT Through Major Gift from Trustee Eduardo Buril by Nesnicow and Associates (July 2021) | Article on the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami acquiring a CryptoPunk NFT | Article | ValueNFTsCollecting | |
Into the Ether: How a German museum accidentally lost access to two highly valuable NFTs by Dorian Batycka, The Art Newspaper (2022) | Article on the ZKM’s loss of their two cryptopunks | Article | NewsCollectingNFTs | |
Jonas Lund Token | Jonas Lund Token is a distributed decentralised autonomous artistic practice that aims to optimise and streamline the decision making process in art production and the strategic decisions concerning a career path | Artwork | TicketingFundraisingNewsValueGovernance | |
LAGO | NFT Frames | PlatformNFTsMetaverseCollecting | ||
Lago | Frames for NFTs | Provider | CollectingCuration | |
Lobkowicz NFT Auctions | website to explore the Lobkowicz Collection of commissioned NFTs | NFT | Museum ExampleNFTsCollecting | |
MAK Vienna Becomes First Museum to Use Bitcoin to Acquire Art, a Harm van den Dorpel by Ghorashi, Art News (April 2015) | Article on Museum of Applied Arts/ Contemporary Art (MAK) purchasing vent Listeners by Hamd van den Dorpel using Bitcoin | Article | NewsMuseum ExampleCollecting | |
Meural | Display frames for NFTs and digital artwork | Provider | CollectingCuration | |
Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery Develops Blockchain App to Bring Russian Art to the World by George Nerlson , The Art Newspaper (December 2018) | Article on new venture by Tretyakov Gallery which incites users to explore and sponsor more than 190,000 works in the collection | Article | CollectingMuseum ExampleNews | |
NFT Analytics Report (LAL Advisory) | A suite of reports from 2021 and 2022 on the NFT market | Paper | NFTsNewsCollectingGetting Started | |
Quantifying NFT-driven networks in crypto art, Kishore Vasan, Milán Janosov & Albert-László Barabási (February 2022) | Learnings from an in-depth research exploring the relation between artists and collectors on Foundation. | Paper | CollectingResearch | |
Radical Friends: DAO Summit for Decentralisation | Recording of Furtherfield’s Radical Friend DAO Summit which took place on 22nd January 2022 | Video | DAOsCriticismCollectingBackgroundNews | |
Smart Contracts Aren’t, and other legal issues in blockchain and art Erika Knierim, Sarah Odenkirk and Charlotte Kent, Brooyln Rail, (January 2022) | A discussion on what smart contracts are, and what they do not cover | Video | LegalNFTsCollectingValue | |
Snark.Art & Eve Sussman (2018) 89 Seconds Atomized | This artwork ‘shatters’ Eve Sussman’s video 89 second to Alcázar into 2,304 unique blocks that were sold as an experiment on the Ethereum blockchain. | Artwork | ValueNFTsArtwork | |
Speculative Values: Between the Institution and the NFT by Rhizome (2021) | Video | DAOsGovernanceValue | ||
These Display Startups Are Bringing NFTs Into the Real World, by Andrew Hayward, Decrypt (Februrary 2022) | Article discussing different ways of displaying NFTs in the physical world | Article | NewsNFTsExhibitionCollectingCuration | |
Tokenframe | Frames for NFT display | Provider | CollectingCuration | |
Traditional vs. NFT Art Collecting: Are They Really So Different?, by alterHEN, Medium (March 2022) | A discussion between traditional contemporary art collectors and NFT collectors | Article | NewsCollecting | |
What Exactly is Trash Art? The Beginnings of a Crypto Art Movement by Aleksandra Artamonovskaja, NFT.WTF (May 2021) | Article discussing the idea of trash art in the context of NFTs | Article | NewsNFTsCollecting | |
What Makes a Museum Object NFT Valuable Beyond the Scope of the Technology? by Frances Liddell, Artnome, (May 2021) | Discusses the NML NFT project to highlight the importance of personalization, process, and institutional authority as factors in producing value | Article | BackgroundNFTsNewsValue | |
What You Need to Know About NFTs and Taxes by Alex Roytenberg, Right Click Save (March 2022) | Article discussing the basics on collecting NFTs and trading crypto and how it is subject to US tax | Article | NewsNFTsCollectingLegal | |
When a Museum Buys an NFT: Legal challenges and considerations by Schoenherr | Article on collecting NFTs/ acquisition and the issues of the separate linked file | Article | LegalCollectingNFTsGetting Started | |
Why Collectors Buy NFTs and How to Get Started by Jillian Billard, Artsy (January 2022) | Article interviewing different NFT collectors that provides advice on how to start collecting NFTs | Article | Getting StartedNFTsArtworkCollecting |